Air Algerie secures quick delivery of new ATR 72s

18 February, 2010

SOURCE: Flight International

BY: David Kaminski-Morrow

London

Air Algerie has taken quick delivery of the first ATR 72-500 in a batch of four ordered last year. ATR disclosed the agreement only in December, but the first 66-seat turboprop was handed over in Toulouse on 11 February. Air Algerie already operates eight of the type. The other three on order, which will take the fleet to 12, will be introduced this year. The carrier is to install a new flight simulator and ATR is to lend assistance to the project.